GO Mommy GO!!!!

On Saturday I ran my first 10K. I have been training for ten weeks preparing for this. I had a few goals for running: finish the race, run the entire thing, and finish under one hour. I am proud to say that I achieved all of my goals. I ran the entire thing, even when it got hard, I finished, and my time was 55 minutes. Not bad for my first race. I am so happy that I joined this running team. The trainer is awesome, the girls I run with are great, and it is the one thing I do for me. I'm not sure what I will do next, train for a half marathon, continue running 5 and 10ks or just be content with what I have achieved so far. At the finish line waiting for me was Sanjay and Ryan. What a great sight to see after 6.2 miles of nonstop running! I was so proud of Sanjay on Saturday too. I left the house at 5:45 and Sanjay got Ryan up, fed, dressed, in the car and to my race on time to wait for me at the finish line. Good job daddy!

Play date

Last week Ryan had another playdate with his friend, Lauren. This time they went to My Gym. The first thing Ryan did was go into the ball pit. His favorite part of this was taking two balls and banging them together to see if they made any noise. After a few minutes, I tried to take him out of the pit so he could explore. He screamed and cried, so back to the pit he went. When he had, had enough of the ball pit he crawled around to see what else My Gym had to offer. He went through tunnels, bounced on a trampoline and tried to climb up a slide. He finally found another favorite thing to do at My Gym; stare at himself in the wall size mirror. (He must get this from his dad!) He also enjoyed licking the mirror which made me cringe. One hour of free play tired him out, he slept the entire way back home. Thanks Lauren for a fun date!

O Christmas Tree

Last weekend we went to get a Christmas tree. There were so many beautiful trees, it was hard to choose. After about 15 minutes of looking, we finally found the perfect tree for our family. I am so happy to have a tree this year as we have only had a tree one other time since Sanjay and I have been married. We decorated the tree after Ryan went to sleep. It was fun to go through all of the ornaments. Each ornament on our tree has special meaning. They were given to us by family members, friends, or former students of mine. We also bought ornaments while traveling in India, and right after we were married. Having the tree is definitely getting us in the Christmas spirit!

My big boy

I took Ryan to the doctor on Wednesday to get the second round of his flu shot. While there, I weighed him. He is now 17 lbs. In addition to his weight gain, he now has 6 teeth. Can you believe it? He has four on top and two on bottom. Lastly, today we were just hanging out at home and I happened to look over at Ryan, who was making a lot of noise, and he was standing up by himself. He had his drum stick in one hand and his other hand was in the air. Now I know what all the noise was about, he was getting my attention to show me what he was doing. What a smart boy! He never ceases to amaze me!